The 115th week-long Ganeshotsav celebrated under the auspices of Nutan Balak Ganeshotsav Samaj Seva Mandal ended with the ‘aarti’ amidst the chanting of mantras here on Sunday. Respecting the High Court’s decision not to immerse the idols in Ganga river and in view of the Supreme Court’s orders not to immerse idols in ponds, a resolution was taken to keep the festival idol safe in view of conducting regular worship of the same. Before this a procession of Lord Ganesha was taken out in a ‘palki’ (palanquin) accompanied by musical instruments, which started from Ganesh Bhawan and reached Panchganga Ghat via Dudhvinayak, Phatak Rangiladas, Thatheri Bazar, Sudia, Bulanala, Golghar, Bhairavnath, Jatanbar, Bibihatiya, Rajmandir, Brahmaghat and Durga Ghat. The students were walking on the route singing the traditional verse ‘Nutan Balak Mel Chalo Hai, Mag Mein Roko Mat Bhai…’. On the way devotees performed ‘aarti’ of Lord Ganesha at various places. In the morning Ganesh Atharvashirsha Sahastravartan took place under the guidance of Vedamurthy Veereshwar Narayan Datar in which Pandit Praveen Vasant Patwardhan, Pt Soumitra Prabhakar Shukla, Pt Sanidhya Srinidhi Bapat, Pt Amit Nath Tiwari, Pt Abhishek Pandey, Pt Hemant Joshi, Pt Gaurav Gopal Ratate, Pt Sudarshan Pathak, Pt Utkarsh Madhav Ratate, Pt Lakshit Vikas Hoshing etc were present. Sahastranamarchan of Lord Ganesha was also done with Sahastra modaks, raisins and makhanas. The main hosts were Purushottam Mahajan, Prakhar Praveen Patwardhan and Lakshit Vikas Hoshing. On the occasion Lord Ganesha was beautifully decorated with kamini leaves, bela, rose and juhi flowers. Earlier on the penultimate day, the swing and waterfall of Lord Ganesha were decorated. On the occasion the festival venue was decorated with attractive flowers and leaves. Under the guidance of Veereshwar Narayan Datar, Ritwik Ramkrishna Bapat performed Sahasrana march with cashew nuts. Shodashopachara worship of Lord Ganesha was done under the guidance of Ved Murti Hemant Joshi. The chief host was Narsingh Jagannath Telang. The award distribution programme was held under the chairmanship of Shruti Deshpande. The chief guest was Devendra Pandya in which Vedic scholar Srinivas Laxmikant Puranik was honoured in the programme. The participants of various competitions were also awarded in the programme. At night in the music conference in memory of Pt Pundalik Krishna Bhagwat, the artistes presented shehnai.